CDI Specialist

Clinical Documentation Specialist CDI

Florida Residency required prior to starting.

As Mount Sinai grows, so does our legacy in high-quality health care.

Since 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center has remained committed to providing access to its diverse community. In delivering an unmatched level of clinical expertise, our medical center is committed to recruiting and training top healthcare workers from across the country. We offer the latest in advanced medicine, technology, and comfort in 12 facilities across Miami-Dade (including our 674-bed main campus facility) and Monroe Counties, with 38 medical services, including cancer care, 24/7 emergency care, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, and more. Mount Sinai takes pride in being South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital, dedicated to continuing the training of the next generation of medical pioneers.

Culture of Caring: The Sinai Way

Our hardworking, tight-knit community of more than 4,000 dedicated employees fosters an environment of care and compassion. Each member plays a vital role in our collective mission to deliver excellent healthcare through innovation, education, and research. At Mount Sinai, we take pride in our achievements, aiming to be a beacon of quality healthcare in South Florida. We welcome all healthcare professionals to join our thriving community and contribute to our pursuit for clinical excellence.
 

Position Responsibilities:

  • Applies ICD-10 coding guidelines appropriately and has an 80% Working DRG accuracy 
  • Has good working knowledge of all DRG and their structure, as well as CCs and MCCs.  Can discern what the impact of a query would be in order to focus efforts efficiently and determine priorities
  • Reviews all patient records in his/her assigned unit(s) between 24-48 hours of inpatient admission and subsequently beween 2-3 days until discharge, as needed.  Manages approximately 16-20 charts daily
  • Recognizes opportunities for documentation improvement by utilizing sound clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills, as well as coding concepts
  • Formulates clinically credible queries to physicians and achieves a response rate and agree rate above 85% respectively.
  • Maintains excellent rapport and working relationship with physicians, residents, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, case managers and other healthcare providers
  • Maintains query rate of 35-45% of all patient records reviewed
  • Follows up on all pending queries on a daily basis until answered.  Manages the CDIS discharged open query worklist daily
  • Has good command of CDIS software and mantains an accurate data input of patient's wording DRG and baseline DRG.  Records daily review notes, and all other entries required witht the software accurately.
  • Properly documents query narrative and notes the expected query response and the actual response including date and location of response in the medical record (what and where).
  • Reviews the CDIS mismatch worklist on a regular basis to ensure working DRGs are optimal and addresses any discrepancies with HIM coding staff in an effective and timely manner
  • Works individual monthly financial report to ensure accounts with financially impacting queries have the proper baseline DRG and that final DRG and working DRG match to ensure reporting is optimal 
  • Reports accounts with unaswered queries that would have otherwise impacted DRG weight in CDIS  query eval chapter for tracking

Qualifications:

  • R.N. or Medical Graduate
  • R.N. Certified preferred; Medical School Graduate; Bachelor's Degree
  • Critical Care/ Intensive Care patient care experience preferred; medical record (ICD-9) coding and/or prior Clinical Documentation Improvement experience desired
  • Florida resident or open to relocation required

Benefits:  We believe in the physical and mental well-being of our employees and are committed to offering comprehensive benefits that fit their personal needs. Our robust employee benefits package includes:

·       Health benefits

·       Life insurance

·       Long-term disability coverage

·       Healthcare spending accounts

·       Retirement plan

·       Paid time off

·       Pet Insurance

·       Tuition reimbursement

·       Employee assistance program

·       Wellness program

 

 

 

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